YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode
by Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) · Uncategorized
A simple shortcode to embed playlists or handpicked videos in a single YouTube™ player.
47 health vs 56 average across 12,497 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4922 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
76
now · peak 210
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-04 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 200+ → 300+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 300+ → 200+ down after 478 days in tier
- 2025-01-16 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-13 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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